According to KCSO Sheriff Jim Matthews deputies went to a home on Old Stagecoach Road to follow up on a reported shooting and burglary call that happened earlier in the morning.

When deputies arrived at the home they encountered McManus and Tuten and discovered that the men had allegedly thrown a bag containing methamphetamine on the ground.

Both men were charged with trafficking methamphetamine and transported to the Kershaw County Detention Center, according to deputies.

While being searched at the detention center another bag of methamphetamine was found in McManus' sock.

“Our meth arrests are way up which is alarming,” said KCSO Sheriff Jim Matthews. “Our drug boys are keeping the pressure on the dealers, but there seems to be no shortage of customers for this poison.”